1915 Brunswick

[pickelhauben]

I got pretty excited at first then I gave it a good hard look.

Looks to be resoldered ( they say in the text and you can tell)

Those 2 holes in the wings are a red flag.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Pickelhaube-M15-des-IR-92-Braunschweig-mit-org-feldgrauem-Totenkopfemblem/123738672881?hash=item1ccf664ef1:g:QOwAAOSwinlct1VC

 

[aicusv]

Looks like the the liner is too small as well.

 

[Amybellars]

The furest plate is a fake to start with

 

[pickelhauben]

I will not bid on it but I am thinking that the fuerst plate may be original but it has been sand blasted then the loops solder on .

That could explain the 2 tiny holes in the eagle.

 

[argonne]

When some good old stamps have been blackened on such a helmet, you can be sure that this is an additional big red flag. One still can see JR50 or JR60 under the blackened area on the left of back visor...

Philippe
:wink:

 

[b.loree]

You have a good eye Philippe, my thoughts exactly when I looked at this. Sometimes we collectors have to stop hoping something to be real when it really isn't. I got burned at the SOS on a fake Saxe Jaeger wappen as a result. I wanted it so much that I ignored the warning signs.